Paris Olympics village filling up, apartment beds to be given to homeless post-Olympics
Athletes and officials participating in the Paris Olympic Games continued to arrive at the Games Village on July 21 with the event just days away.
The organisers said they had already planned to donate some of the beds used by the athletes to the homeless people in Paris after the event.
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00:00Athletes and officials participating in the Paris Olympic Games
00:06continue to arrive at the Games Village on Sunday.
00:10Many of the apartments are decorated with the flags of the participating nations.
00:16Some athletes who had checked in took a stroll around the area.
00:22The Games Village will house around 14,250 athletes and officials
00:27during the event which will be held from July 26th to August 11th.
00:33The village is fitted with various facilities,
00:35including a doping control centre, a fitness centre and other recreational facilities.
00:41The organisers said some of the beds in the village will be given to local associations
00:47that provide housing support for the homeless in Paris.
00:51Of course we have another project which is a project that we're going to give the beds,
00:57some of the beds of the village, of the beds of the athletes,
01:02to some association to housing for homeless people in Paris.
01:07So it's also a legacy project dedicated to homeless people
01:12to contribute to this complex situation.
01:16Whatever we had to build, for example the Olympic Village,
01:19we had to build it with much less carbon.
01:22And that was a springboard to show the world that we can build houses,
01:27we can build apartments, we can do what people need with a lot less carbon.
01:32Today, the village in which athletes are living
01:35has been built with 30% less carbon per square metre.
01:39It's new construction techniques that are deployed
01:41and that are proving to the world that it can be done.
01:44They said Paris Olympics strives to deliver a more sustainable event
01:48and leave a legacy that transforms communities and enhances social inclusion.
01:53The Games Village will also be used by the para-athletes in the Paralympic Games
01:58to be held from August 28 to September 8.